In my impression, this particular bit of the overall narrative - that Russia is militarily inadequate or inept - is actually favored by both sides. It's essentially proclaiming that Russia poses no threat to NATO/EU, so that the western nations won't get itchy trigger fingers and heat up the conflict further.
As a result, the global situation stays generally calm, with only economic and diplomatic sanctions, which have turned out to be token gestures at best, now that the ruble is going back up.
And in the meantime, Russia can continue to operate in Ukraine, while your average legacy and social media consumer can drool in waiting for the weak and incompetent Russians to surrender and run away... any day now... just a bit longer... You get the point.
If anything, it's rather refreshing that it's the leftoids that are getting hung up on the "two more weeks" deal for a change.
In my impression, this particular bit of the overall narrative - that Russia is militarily inadequate or inept - is actually favored by both sides. It's essentially proclaiming that Russia poses no threat to NATO/EU, so that the western nations won't get itchy trigger fingers and heat up the conflict further.
As a result, the global situation stays generally calm, with only economic and diplomatic sanctions, which have turned out to be token gestures at best, now that the ruble is going back up.
And in the meantime, Russia can continue to operate in Ukraine, while your average legacy and social media consumer can drool in waiting for the weak and incompetent Russians to surrender and run away... any day now... just a bit longer... You get the point.
If anything, it's rather refreshing that it's the leftoids that are getting hung up on the "two more weeks" deal for a change.